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Classical strings piece in Maryna Viazovska - 4/6 Automorphic Forms and Optimization in Euclidean Space
In Maryna Viazovska - 4/6 Automorphic Forms and Optimization in Euclidean Space, strings play classical music from 0:04-0:14. Can anyone please identify this piece?
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Songs which have relations or parts of other songs
I'm currently searching for songs which have older songs in it part-wise. I don't even know what this term is called. I'm thinking of something like Eminem's Sing for the Moment which contains parts of Aerosmith's Dream On.
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What does the song 'Helplessly Hoping' by Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN) talk about?
The song is Helplessly Hoping by Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN). You can also listen to it on Spotify.
I'm having a hard time trying to get the meaning of the song. I think it talks about two lovers, and it sounds sad, but for the life me, I can't…
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Was Toto's song "Good For You" influenced by the "Minder" theme song?
The first time I heard Toto's Good For You from their album IV it reminded me of the Minder theme song, not just lyrically but musically as well. Is there any connection or is it just a coincidence?
Minder theme song as sung by Denis Waterman:
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Released recordings of The Jive Bombers
An American group called The Jive Bombers has come to my attention through listening to the Cry-Baby soundtrack. I want to find more of their recordings and was wondering whether there has been any CD or digital releases of The Jive Bombers…
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Was "Kiss" the result of Bob Cavallo telling Prince that "Under the Cherry Moon" needed a hit song?
Bob Cavallo was part of Prince's management team from 1979 to ’89. According to an interview with Jon Bream in the Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Cavallo had to beg Prince to write a hit song for Under the Cherry
Moon.
“When you said ‘Write a hit,’ he…
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Genre of ominous music used for anime cutscenes when the villain approaches
(Migrated from anime and manga upon advice)
The following piece of music is extracted from some video on the internet (which the twitter link cannot be included here due to the content is rather violent):…
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Why does Led Zeppelin have such a significant place in the rock'n'roll pantheon?
Led Zeppelin is widely considered to be one of the greatest ever rock'n'roll bands. But it is well known that they stole a lot of material from older acts, particularly black American blues musicians, and rarely gave any credit for it. So what…
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Historical context of 70s Soul Music
After recently exploring black American soul music of the 1970s, I found it very different than I expected. I started by listening to the album in which the song "Lean on Me" first appeared and was stunned by how ... abnormal everything seemed. It…
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Why do some black rappers use the N-word?
I’m listening to Ayo (Chris Brown & Tyga) right now, and I’m wondering why they use the N-word in their lyrics.
I thought that the N-word is insulting (and you’re likely to get beaten up if you say it in NY or LA for example).
Why are these…
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What is the story of Widmann: Viola Concerto?
I have come across a video of the concert on Facebook. It said that the violinist starts screaming at some point during the concert, which is true.
Furthermore, on Youtube, all the comments talk about that part but there doesn't seem to be an…
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Modernist piano excerpt (Ravel? Debussy?) from "Dialogue entre Jean-Pierre Serre" video
I would like to know the name of the music at the beginning of the video
Dialogue entre Jean-Pierre Serre.
I searched with Midomi, but got no result. My guess is that it might be a composition of Ravel or Debussy.
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Identify the track playing in the background of this video titled "Water Dragon - Time-lapse"
I’ve got a partial track and I would like to find:
producer's name
track name
It’s a YouTube video: Water Dragon - Time-lapse.
Any help is much appreciated. The genre is 'psychedelic dub'.
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What is the meaning behind the ant logo of "The Prodigy"?
The Prodigy are an English electronic music band formed in the 1990's. The band has used several logos through the decades. In particular, from the mid-1990s to 2000 their logo featured an image of an ant. Does anyone know about the real meaning…
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Is there a term that describes such songs?
I've recently listened to a couple of songs and found a common beat.
A quick google search for their genre shows that they fall under the umbrella of Hip-Hop/Rap.
However, searching for 'Hip-Hop/Rap' doesn't result in a songs with the same beat; I…
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